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Crest. All eagle, with its head and front of its body directed to 

 the right of the shield and its wings spread, stands upon a two-thirds 

 of a globe, with parallels of latitude; it shows outlines of a portion of 

 the east coast of the New World and of the west coast of the Old World. 

 The eagle of the second specimen very nearly resembles that of the 

 first. Neither of them should be supposed to have been drawn to rep- 

 resent what we call an American eagle,- but only the traditional her- 

 aldic eagle. The eagle of the third specimen conforms more nearly to 

 our usual notion of the eagle, but it has the peculiarity that its head 

 is turned to the left, while its feet do not touch the globe, but it 

 hovers over it inflight. The word America" is painted upon the 

 globe, and there are drawn meridian lines in addition to the parallels 

 of latitude. 



Supporters. The figure of Liberty is on the right of the shield, 

 and is completely dressed in a robe, with a mantle falling from one 

 shoulder, and passing in front below the waist. In the second and 

 third the mantle resembles an imperial cloak, spreading out behind 

 on both sides of the robe, and somewhat shorter. The robe reaches 

 to the feet, which have socks U2)on them, while, in the second and 

 third they have sandals. There is no belt at the waist in the first or 

 second, but there is in the third. Besides the face and neck, the hands 

 and fore-arm only are nude. The same is true of the other two. Her 

 left foot rests upon a crown, which is overturned. In her right hand 

 she holds an upright staff with a liberty cap upon it, and her left sup- 

 ports the shield with vigilance and firmness. In the second specimen 

 also the foot rests upon a similar crown ; in the third specimen the 

 crown lies at the foot of Liberty. In the St. Paul's Chapel picture in 

 New York, in addition to the crown overturned, there is lying under 

 the crown cross-wise a sword and a sceptre. 



On the left of the shield the figure of Justice stands, with a robe 

 similar to that of Liberty, with a long waist, having lapels but no belt. 

 The mantle passes from behind over her left shoulder down in front 

 across under the right fore-arm. The same style of cloak is worn in 

 the second and third as by Liberty. In her left hand she holds an 

 even balance; in the two earliest specimens, it hangs away from her 

 body, and in the St. Paul's Chapel specimen directly in front of her 

 body. In her right hand she holds a sword with the point upward, 

 but her arms down in the two early specimens, the elbow touching the 

 shield. The sword is raised higher, with her hand touching the left 

 point of the shield, in the Chapel specimen. Her eyes are blindfolded 

 in all three of them, but she seems anxiously and intently listening to 

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